Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-25 Thread Rich Freeman
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 8:50 AM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > I never said /etc/hostname was necessary for operation of systemd. > > It *is* the way that normal people set their hostname for a system > that doesn't get configured via DHCP or some dynamic method. > Correct, this is the way to set a STA

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: rfc: /etc/hostname on gentoo

2016-08-25 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:11 AM, Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net> wrote: > Mike Gilbert posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:49:42 -0400 as excerpted: > >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Michael Orlitzky >> wrote: >>> On 08/24/2016 07:37 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: I imagine _someone_ out there

Re: Recruiting process (Re: [gentoo-dev] base-system needs developers who care)

2016-08-25 Thread Kristian Fiskerstrand
On 08/25/2016 11:59 AM, Daniel Campbell wrote: > Given that so much needs to be learned and a lot of trust goes into > developers, it's no surprise that we tend to take our time accepting > people. That said, I chalk it up to a manpower problem. As far as I know > the recruiting and proxy-maint tea

Re: Recruiting process (Re: [gentoo-dev] base-system needs developers who care)

2016-08-25 Thread Daniel Campbell
On 08/24/2016 08:24 PM, Raymond Jennings wrote: > This...kinda touches on a side issue. I've been a bit waylaid by RL > issues during my quest to become a developer myself, and both of my > prospective mentors had to step aside for the same reason before the > process could finish. > > I'm a litt

Re: [gentoo-dev] base-system needs developers who care

2016-08-25 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Tue, 23 Aug 2016 23:17:58 + "Robin H. Johnson" wrote: > Over the years, the base-system package herd has grown in size. Today > it comprises 320 packages, of which 61 of those have more than one > maintainer. The packages with more than one maintainer I'm only > concerned about if the othe

Re: [gentoo-dev] base-system needs developers who care

2016-08-25 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:32:55 -0400 Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 10:05 AM, Lars Wendler > wrote: > > Please keep in mind to *not* use EAPI-6 for base-system packages > > yet, so we can retain a somewhat stable upgrade path even for very > > old systems. > > What's the time fra